Paul Solman: Terrified. As you can see in this video response to Mr. Colbert, I haven’t really gotten over being called “a Muppet made of leather”….

Special thanks to puppeteer Veronica DeVore, Comedy Central for granting the rights to use the clips and to Dave Gustafson for suggesting the Muppet Whatnot Workshop at FAO Schwarz. Video shot and edited by Elizabeth Shell.